[Python-Dev] python2.1.1 SEGV in GC on Solaris 2.7

Barry A. Warsaw barry@zope.com
Thu, 18 Oct 2001 12:07:29 -0400


>>>>> "GvR" == Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org> writes:

    GvR> Plus the only way he can debug this is by waiting for a core
    GvR> dump to happen; I don't think those routines work in
    GvR> post-mortem debug sesions.

You can run the process under gdb or attach to it early in the startup
period.  Then when gdb gets the SEGV, you can often (but not always!)
_PyObject_Dump() objects on the call stack.

-Barry